Exploring assessment strategies

Write your goals into the spaces on the left and then, list strategies that you could use to assess student learning. Be sure to keep in mind the context and constraints of your course. Go to the course plan that you have developed iand add assessments as appropriate. You may decide that the student activities and assignments you have planned are sufficient to meet your goals, or you may decide that you need to add more and/or different strategies. This table helps to make sure that your assessments are aligned with your goals. For each assessment, consider what the balance of lower order and higher order thinking required for the assessment.



assessment strategy 1
assessment strategy 2
assessment strategy 3
assessment strategy 4
assessment strategy 5
overarching goal 1





overarching goal 2





overarching goal 3





ancillary skills goal 1





ancillary skills goal 2